A forgettable year
for the Hindi film Industry had finally come
to an end. The year which saw the fight between
the distributor/producer with the exhibitors
finally came to its climax. But that also
resulted in a three month strike which made
the rest of the 6 months been pounded with
multiple releases. The magic figure of ten
releases a week was also attained in the process
and as expected all the ten irrespective of
their critical/mass appeal hardly made money
to recover their printing cost. But this year
also saw some good movies being released and
with not much trouble in finding them I am
ranking them as per their cinematic appeal
and not by its commerciality. Before getting
on to the top ten lets see the movies which
almost made it in the top ten. –

Honorary
mention –

Wake up Sid – A
simple tale with simple narration. Ranbir’s
brilliant acting was showcased to the world.

13B – Dark, scary
and brilliantly terrifying movie. If only
Raaz had not released earlier.

Mohandas – The silent
masterpiece. It made no sound pre or post
release and it just went unnoticed.

10.99

At the time of the strike, when
no big movies were releasing, a
small movie with known star-cast
released and reaped moola. 99 was
not your ordinary movie but a well
crafted escapist cinema which made
you sit-up to all its intelligent
twists and turns. If only the act
2 was as exhilarating as the other
acts it could have hit a century.